Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-02-14

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further knowledge of him. | then
went to the real sleeper. where there
were loud cries for help. / found a
man who proved to be Mr.. Charles
&c. Domett. of the Maverick Nation
and cushions. had cleared for himself
a space. and was found uninjured in
a comparatively safe condition, ex-
cept that he was threatened by the
flames. Mr.. Domett and then res
cued a lady OF the same car. Later
on | found the girl | had rescued in
her night-dress, lying where | left
her. She begged me to draw her
further from the burning wreck,
and with the assistance of an I'M
known gentleman we drew her and
several others away from the heat.
Then L saw the towns-people coming,
and from sheer exhaustion abandoned
the work of rescue
AT Fl PAINE HOUSE.
The scene at Paine's house nea
by was trying even to men Of the
| stoutest nerve, but Mrs. Paine and
her mother, actuated by womanly
sympathy, did everything the limi-
ted means of the house would permit
to relieve the sufferings of humanity.
Nothing but means and groans
could be heard. mingled with pitiful
appeals to God to restore them to
their friends of whom they could learn
nothing, and who, even then, might
be slowly burning up in the flames
that were consuming the wrecked
cars and bridge. Nearly every one
was chilled through, and were beg
ging for Gods sake, give me some
thing warm I'm freezing"
Faithfully these two brave women
worked, giving hot ginger tea, cam
phor, hot tea and coffee, until their
supply was exhausted.
In the meantime, two or three
| died. but no one was present to re-
move them until the train anne
from White River junction with the
surgeons on board.
After the floor and beds down
stairs had been covered by people,
five or six went up stairs and lay
down.
At the house of Mr.. Paine the
freezing and suffering people would
whisper to each other, asking, ''who
are your what is your name?"
"Have you any friends IN board the
train?" And the replies would be
greeted with pitiful sobs and fervent
applications to the Almighty for
relief.
In the kitchen sat a man clad in
nothing but his fannels, who was
apparently in a dazed condition. He
said nothing. but looked into vacan-
CIV. An examination revealed the
fact that both his feet were frozen,
and it was ascertained that he had
worked so long in assisting others
that he had become chilled and par
TALLY d~elirious.
Here Smith S~turtevant, the con-
ductor of the Inflated express, and
as brave a railroader as ever lived,
was laboring in the throes of death.
He had been on the road some p
wears, more than half of his life. He
had labored night and day and was
never found wanting. On the first
intimation of impending danger he
was cool and tried to calm the pas
sengers by requesting them to keep
their seats.
After he was taken to Paynes he
suffered intense agony, and was
carefully nursed by a dear and faith
full wife. He realized his danger,
and feelinglv, for the sake of his
wife and six little children, pleaded
with the physicians to save him. He
expressed his sorrow at having to
die; wife and children were all the
time in his mind. His death was
exceedingly sad, by the tenacity with
which he chung to life in his last
hours and the noble impulse that
prompted his desire to live.
The death of Conductor Burgess,
of the sleeping-car St. Adams fur
nishes an illustration of the uncer-
~tainties of life. He was to have
been married Friday, but he vas
unable to arrange matters so as to
get leave of absence on that day.
So on that terrible night. the eve Of
his prospective life's happiness, he
took his car only to ride to his death
and leave behind a broken-hearted
betrOthed.
One of the many sad incidents was
the finding of the remains of a man
with a child in his arms, both burned
beyond recognition. The remains
| of those taken from The wreck were
nearly all burned so severely that it
was impossible for them to be inden-
titled.
Among those who were Oh the i'll
fated train were A. B. Veazey, the
| only son of Hon. W. @. Neazey, of
Rutland. a student at Dartmouth
college and his Foom mate, Edward
F. Dillon of Springfield, ". The
two had been I % a ball and were on
their way back to Hanover. When
at White River Junction the young
| men decided. as it was Friday night.